Thousands of the country's construction-related firms have benefited from federal Paycheck Protection Program loans to help them weather the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus crisis. Data released last week by the the federal government showed that it issued...

A variety of pandemic-related forces have caused construction costs to decline slightly for the first time in a decade, which could lead contractors to feel a pinch in profits.The Turner Building Cost Index, which measures costs in the U.S. nonresidential building...